Mr Damien Walker

Director-General
Department of the Premier and Cabinet

Mr Damien Walker was appointed the Director-General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet in late 2024.

Most recently Damien was the former Chief Executive of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet in South Australia, a role held since early 2022.

His distinguished public sector career spans more than two decades of senior leadership roles across multiple jurisdictions with a focus on strategy, industry and public policy.

He was formerly Director-General of the Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning, in the Queensland Government. In his various Director-General roles, he drove economic growth and job creation and successfully led Queensland's delivery of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

His background also includes senior executive roles in the South Australian Government in infrastructure planning and delivery, investment facilitation, contract management and reform implementation.

Damien has also served on a number of boards in the areas of economic development, trade and investment.

Above all, Damien is passionate about gender equity in the workplace and the prevention of domestic and family violence. He is also driven to deliver initiatives to create opportunities for First Nations people.

Damien holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Planning, and further academic qualifications in property and planning.